The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-30
STARVING A SENATOR.
GOING TWENTY DAYS WITHOUT
FOOD OF ANY KIND.


at Washington-Noted Men Readily
Take to the New Cure-Al - Levy's
Falling Away.
Washington Correspondence Of Chicago Ne1cs
| Ex-senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, is the
latest convert to the starvation cure, and
| thinks there never was anything like it,
The Senator has always been high liver
and has eaten more good dinners than any
other man in Washington, except, perhaps
! Ben: Perley Poore. His cook has always
been famous, and Mrs. Pomeroys table has
been the best in town. No one ever enjoyed
| good living better than the Senator, and
| therefore his friends will be surprised to
learn he has gone entirely without food for
twenty days-not mouthful of anything
but the juice of an orange or grape fruit,
and the ehxir0which doctor in this city
gives.
II never felt so well in my life" said the
| ex-senator, when / saw him the other morn
ing, Il am as clipper as squirrel and as
| proud as fighting cock, and | haven't been
hungry, either The first day or so l felt
little hunger, and several times when |
! have sat down to carve roast or something
| like that for the rest of the folks | have felt
| like cutting off good slice for myself, but
| when say have not felt any hunger, l
mean that | have not suffered from the
craving appetite people talk about. | have
! slept better than since | can remember. L
! fall asleep as soon as my head touches the
| pillow, and do not wake till morning"
! What are you starving for"
II am 70 years of age. | have never taken
a drop of medicine in my life till a few
weeks ago, when got all stopped up in my
| bronchial tubes and was troubled with a
| dreadful cough / went to homeopathic
doctor. don't believe in medicine, any
| how, and as he gave as little as anyone |
know went to him He gave me bottle
| full of little pills marked A and another bot
tie full marked B. He told me to take three
| of A and the next hour three of B. | took
them honestly, but they did no good, and it
! occurred to me that it could not pos
| sibly do any good to put little medicine
into the stomach on top of a big dinner On
| an empty stomach il might do some good
l had heard of this starvation fellow and
went down to talk with him. | was i'm
| pressed with the conversation and COM
| lnenced to fast twenty days ago. Now |
am better than have been for years. My
weight has been reduced from 234 to 207
| pounds. / was weighed the first day and
every subsequent day except Sunday since
| | began The second day | weighed 2?9
fifth 221; then 220, 2l9, 21S, 217, ZIG, 2l5,
215 1-2, PA, PA 1-2, 211 200, and to-day POI.
THE DOCTORS GREAT DISCOVERY.
'This doctor has wonderful discovery
| have taken a spoonful of his liquid three
times day, and l know it has sustained
me, for l tried several times to get along
| without and could not do so. 1t is pleasant
TO the taste, and | do not believe it is in any
way harmful"
The discoverer of this mysterious mixture
has an Office near the Ebbitt House, and
when | asked him for an interview he said
he had nothing to conceal.
"Well, then" | exclaimed, "wbat is the
drug you give your patients! What is the
! stuff made OFF,
THAT | cannot tell you" he replied. 81
have discovered a drug which must revolu-
tionize our medical practice | will keep its
elements secret till it is recognized by the
profession, which now SCOTS at it and pro-
nounces me an impostor When the profes-
sion is willing to give it fair trial and it is
demonstrated to possess the properties
which | claim for it, then will | give the
secret of its composition to the world | am
content to wait, however. have number
of patients who are trying it and my sue
cess with them is extremely gratifying. OF
course it is not absolutely certain in its
results. If it were | should claim omnipo-
|
which it has been fairly tried it has met my
expectations"
The doctors say it is preparation of coca
"a form Of cOcaineE" l suggested.
1T is nothing Of the kind. There is no
trace of coca in it, and do not claim that
it has of itself curative properties All
claim for it now is that the use of small
quantity in regular doses enables me to
control the nerves of the stomach so that
there will be no desire for food, and at the
same time maintain the strength of the
patient while he is under treatment for
whichever disease he may suffer from. 1t is
not a medicine. 1t is not a stimulant. 1t is
simply a nutrient. 1t sustains life while
other curative agencies are at work.
THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE TURNED ON.
'What is your theory"
MY theory is perfectly simple. 1t can
not be questioned. believe. as all civilized
men do, that the source of all diseases lies in
the impurities of the blood. When the blood
is perfectly pure the body is perfectly
healthy-disease cannot exist The next
axiom is that it is impossible to entirely
purify the blood while the stomach is re-
ceiving food which furnishes impurities.
| To suspend the functions of the stomach to
enable him who is suffering with disease to
live and receive treatment without food,
simplifes the problem and enables the cura-
tive agencies free and perfect action. My
nutrient does that. 1t takes the place of
food for time, while other remedies are
being applied, and thus the most obstinate
case viii yield to the treatment readily
''How long will it sustain life. How long
can man go without food by taking your
nutritiveF'
1T depends upon the physical condition of
the patient / do not recommend it as a per-
manent substitute for food nor would | adj
minister it to a person who is weak and
wasted. One must have constitution of
average strength to work upon-a reserve
force that may be employed while the cure
is going on. | recommend it especially in
chronic cases of rheumatism, diabetes.
scrofula, asthma, and other diseases which
are directly traceable to impure blood; but,
Us l have said, standard remedies must be
used to accomplish the cure while my nu-
TRENT sustains life.
How long have you known of it?'
81 discovered it in 1889 while | was q
student in California. | have used it sue
cossfully for two or three years in Sharon.
Pa, where first hung out my shingle, and
here in Washington, although have patents
in Chicago, ST. Paul, New York and else
| where
OF COURSE CHICAGO is ON THE LIST.
what patients have you in Chicagop
ut is scarcely professional to mention
my patients by name for publication, but
think am at liberty to refer to Mr.. Fred
| erick T.. Brown of the firm of Shields 4,